IELTS Academic Reading description – ECS IELTS
The Reading section consists of 40 questions, designed to test a wide range of reading skills. These include reading for gist, reading for main ideas, reading for detail, skimming, understanding logical argument and recognising writers’ opinions, attitudes and purpose.
IELTS Academic test – this includes three long texts which range from the descriptive and factual to the discursive and analytical. These are taken from books, journals, magazines and newspapers. They have been selected for a non-specialist audience but are appropriate for people entering university courses or seeking professional registration.
Reading: (Different for Academic and General Training)
- Total time: 60 Minutes (Academic & General)
- It includes three sections, 40 items
- You need to read the text passages and answer questions in multiple-choice, sentence completion, summary writing, matching information, short-answers
- Each passage consists of 13-14 questions
- Reading passages and questions are different in Academic and General Training IELTS oet coaching centre in pondicherry
a) Reading-IELTS Academic
- The syllabus includes three long texts
- Subject matter range from the descriptive and factual to the discursive and analytical.
- The texts are authentic and are taken from books, journals, magazines, and newspapers.
- These are selected for a non-specialist audience
b) Reading- IELTS General Training
- Requires candidates to read extracts from books, magazines, newspapers, notices, advertisements, company handbooks, and guidelines.
- These are materials one is likely to encounter on a daily basis in an English speaking environment.
Task type and format: Test takers are required to choose the best answer from four alternatives (A, B, C or D), or the best two answers from five alternatives (A, B, C, D or E), or the best three answers from seven alternatives (A, B, C, D, E, F or G). Test takers write the letter of the answer they have chosen on the answer sheet. The questions may involve completing a sentence, where they are given the first part of a sentence and then choose the best way to complete it from the options, or could involve complete questions; with the test takers choosing the option which best answers them. ielts coaching in adyar
The questions are in the same order as the information in the text: that is, the answer to the first question in this group will be located in the text before the answer to the second question, and so on. This task type may be used with any type of text.
Task focus: Multiple choice tests a wide range of reading skills, including detailed understanding of specific points or an overall understanding of the main points of the text.
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